Middle Management Survival Guide
Middle Management Survival Guide

Author: Kevin Robert McMahon

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 0595529348

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Middle Management Survival Guidec is intended to be a survival guide for anyone who calls him or herself a middle manager. All too often the wisdom that flows to the middle managers of this world descends from the lofty heights of academia. By point of contrast, Middle Management Survival Guide c flows from the trenches where middle managers carry out their craft. It is a book grounded in common sense and aimed at creating a world-view and mindset for middle managers that will enable them to better combat the daunting forces arrayed against them. From the perspective of a middle manager this survival guide describes the impossibility of the workplace and the paucity of the tools traditionally available to managers. Most importantly this book provides specific strategies, attitudes and values that will help managers maintain balance and sanity while improving their overall performance as managers. The author has worked as a middle manager for the past twenty years. Tasting both the sweet fruit of success as well as the bitter gall of failure he has acquired a unique insider's view of the daunting task faced by those who call themselves middle managers.

The Middle Man
The Middle Man

Author: Greg Miller

Publisher:

Published: 2012-03

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781432787400

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The Middle Man is the first of a 3 part series. It's simply a survival guide for corporate warriors who happen to have landed somewhere in the organizational middle between Senior Leadership and the Workforce. Miller believes people remember things five ways; - Visual presentation - Personal experience - Participation in successful experiences - Participation in disastrous experiences - and last, but not least, a good old fashioned story. Included within are tools and theory to support you in your pledge to move your company forward. The tools covered in this part of the series are the "Initiative Quadrant" and "The Onion." The "Initiative Quadrant" is a work / project readiness and leadership communication tool which presents senior leadership and the workforce with a single page representation of business value, risks and costs associated with all current and planned initiatives within the organization. The "Onion" is a easy to use and administer staffing methodology which helps management and senior leadership understand the nuts and bolts of supporting all products within your portfolio. These tools help to constantly and consistently answer questions that keep your organization fit and prepared for supporting your organization in abundant or lean times alike; What are all our folks working on, and why? Are our operational and capital budgets being spent on the right initiatives? Are the teams working on competitive and absolutely necessary initiatives? Are our staffing levels right to support these initiatives as well as current solutions? Miller's years of experience in the technology field, and over a quarter century of management responsibility in large international companies, combined with his down to earth story telling abilities, help us to understand how to continually deliver solid business support. His methodologies will help guarantee alignment of "the right folks" working on "the right initiatives" to keep your company ahead of the competitive tsunami.

Middle Management in Schools
Middle Management in Schools

Author: Richard Kemp

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780748722365

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A handbook for anyone involved in middle management in secondary schools. It gives advice on routine aspects such as dealing with paperwork and handling meetings, together with guidance on building and leading a team, and staff development, evaluation and

The Manager's Survival Guide
The Manager's Survival Guide

Author: Morey Stettner

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2002-08-12

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 0071415432

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Now translated into 12 languages! This reader-friendly, icon-rich series is must reading for managers at every level All managers, whether brand-new to their positions or well established in the corporate hierarchy, can use a little "brushing up" now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations. In today's fast-changing, uncertain business environment, effective management is more difficult than ever. The Manager's Survival Guide is the first hands-on, broad-brush guidebook for handling difficult management situations with skill, diplomacy, and success. Keying on techniques for recognizing and dealing with problems quicklyor even before they beginit explains how to set priorities, interface with both upper management and employees, implement process management, and more.

Adaptive Leadership: The Heifetz Collection (3 Items)
Adaptive Leadership: The Heifetz Collection (3 Items)

Author: Ronald A. Heifetz

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

Published: 2014-09-23

Total Pages: 649

ISBN-13: 1625277784

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In times of constant change, adaptive leadership is critical. This Harvard Business Review collection brings together the seminal ideas on how to adapt and thrive in challenging environments, from leading thinkers on the topic—most notably Ronald A. Heifetz of the Harvard Kennedy School and Cambridge Leadership Associates. The Heifetz Collection includes two classic books: Leadership on the Line, by Ron Heifetz and Marty Linsky, and The Practice of Adaptive Leadership, by Heifetz, Linsky, and Alexander Grashow. Also included is the popular Harvard Business Review article, “Leadership in a (Permanent) Crisis,” written by all three authors. Available together for the first time, this collection includes full digital editions of each work. Adaptive leadership is a practical framework for dealing with today’s mix of urgency, high stakes, and uncertainty. It has been used by individuals, organizations, businesses, and governments worldwide. In a world of challenging environments, adaptive leadership serves as a guide to distinguishing the essential from the expendable, beginning the meaningful process of adaption, and changing the status quo. Ronald A. Heifetz is a cofounder of the international leadership and consulting practice Cambridge Leadership Associates (CLA) and the founding director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is renowned worldwide for his innovative work on the practice and teaching of leadership. Marty Linsky is a cofounder of CLA and has taught at the Kennedy School for more than twenty-five years. Alexander Grashow is a Senior Advisor to CLA, having previously held the position of CEO.

The First-time Manager
The First-time Manager

Author: Theodore G. Tyssen

Publisher: North Vancouver, B.C. : International Self-Counsel Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780889089938

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Bull in the Ring
Bull in the Ring

Author: M. Shane Putman

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-09-26

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9781976122187

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The Bull in the Ring is the Middle Manager's Survival Guide for a Changing Business World. In today's businesses, things can change with lightning speed. For busy managers in the trenches doing the day-to-day work, it's hard to learn new technologies, create new programs, and meet expectations of upper management who send out new policy memos with regularity. How can anyone win at a game where the rules are continually changing? The Bull in the Ring is your lifeline, offering real-world guidance for any middle manager regardless of academic background or organization, whether it be corporate, small or mid-size business, governmental, or military. Middle managers reading this book will find easy to understand tools to help: - ensure daily activities directly support company goals and objectives, - adapt to ever-changing business conditions, and - balance strategic goals with efficient and effective daily business planning. M. Shane Putman, MBA, has 25+ years of consulting experience and has taught business at multiple universities. In this book, he provides the benefit of his experience in a highly practical, non-academic format. The Bull in the Ring will unravel the mystery of corporate strategy and provide a mindset and a toolbox to succeed today, tomorrow and for years to come!

Reengineering Survival Guide
Reengineering Survival Guide

Author: Andrew J. DuBrin

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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Learn how to lead and manage people in an organization that values process over departments and horizontal organization over vertical structure. DuBrin suggests specific ways and provides tools to free yourself from traditional management paradigms and grasp the new leadership protocol.